Requests for comment

Requests for comment (RFCs) are a tool that MediaWiki developers and users use to propose ideas for the future of MediaWiki. The developer community strives to achieve consensus, guided by the Architecture committee. Since 2015 the status of ArchCom RFCs is tracked on the ArchCom-RFC workboard in Phabricator.

RFCs are usually only for proposing major changes to MediaWiki core, or to extensions that are already widely used, that may represent a new precedent not covered by our architecture guidelines. If you wish to create a new MediaWiki extensionMediaWiki extensions, or to make a minor core change, or one that will be likely to uncontroversial, there is no need to draft an RFC for it; go ahead and file a task in phabricator, implement your change, and submit it in Gerrit for review. If you need advice on design decisions pertaining to such ideas, there are several other communication venues for making people aware of your proposal. See also planning a new extension.

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Below is a list of RFCs that have associated documents on this wiki. Wikis are a good platform for collaboration and for writing technical documentation (a spec). The lists below are out of date; refer to the ArchCom-RFC workboard in Phabricator for any RFC's current status.